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prattle
[
prat
-l
]
Example Sentences
Origin
prat·tle
/
ˈpræt
l
/
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[
prat
-l
]
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verb,
-tled,
-tling,
noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
verb (used with object)
2.
to utter by chattering or babbling.
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noun
3.
the act of prattling.
4.
chatter; babble:
the prattle of children.
5.
a babbling
sound
:
the prattle of water rushing over stones.
Origin:
1525–35;
<
Middle Low German
pratelen
to chatter, frequentative of
praten
to
prate
;
see
-le
Related forms
prat·tler,
noun
prat·tling·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
1.
gab, jabber, gabble, blab.
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Example Sentences
Half widowed hearts shall keep the loved one cherished, and infant lips be fondly taught to
prattle
of the absent one.
But journalists ignore the both of us and
prattle
on regardless, as if it were factual.
His donnish
prattle
has all the charm of a nine o'clock lecture in a draughty, badly-lit room.
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Half widowed hearts shall keep the loved one cherished, and infant lips be fondly taught to
prattle
of the absent one.
But journalists ignore the both of us and
prattle
on regardless, as if it were factual.
His donnish
prattle
has all the charm of a nine o'clock lecture in a draughty, badly-lit room.
Too much childish
prattle
bores him, and a full day of girl-tending can be disabling.
And yes, that gives me special license to dismiss such silly
prattle
as yours for the childish nonsense it is.
It's one thing to have your monkey's on the left
prattle
on about how bad the filibuster is.
Their
prattle
is the soothing small-talk that takes our minds off more serious matters.
Insipid
prattle
is often a great deterrent to would-be skirt chasers.
All this silly
prattle
about this and that does not deal with the real problems.
These people natter and natter, and when they are not nattering, they
prattle
.
History has a knack of lifting the veil of ignorance, and
prattle
.
Is she smiling at his loving
prattle
or at something only.
If the desultory teen-age
prattle
seems utterly real, the shallow, mean-spirited adults come off as caricatures.
He actually instructs you not to dally or
prattle
and to eat your food as soon as it arrives so you're ready for the next wave.
No movie star wanted to
prattle
about her designer dress while the nation was at war.
Wilson's
prattle
is a deluded honesty that's compulsive and.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
prattle
(ˈpræt
ə
l)
—
vb
1.
(
intr
) to talk in a foolish or childish way; babble
2.
(
tr
) to utter in a foolish or childish way
—
n
3.
foolish or childish talk
[C16: from Middle Low German
pratelen
to chatter; see
prate
]
'prattler
—
n
'prattlingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
prattle
1532, frequentative of
prate
(q.v.). The noun is attested from 1555.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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